Daily Schedule

We're replaying some of our favorite interviews on today's show. Annie Murphy Paul explains the new field of fetal origins—which looks into how much we’re influenced by the conditions we encountered in utero. Then, James “Tappy” Wright talks about being a roadie and tour manager for some of the world's biggest music stars. Also, we'll talk about three boxes of recently discovered Spanish Civil War photos from Robert Capa and others, on view at ICP. Plus, Pulitzer Prize–winner Isabel Wilkerson chronicles the Great Migration, one of the great untold stories of American history.

Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.

A look at what the midterm election results mean for niche interests, like funding for NASA and the future of net neutrality. Plus: Congressman-Elect Grimm; food waste in the US; and ...

It's another Soundcheck Smackdown: Singles Edition! Today, the Led Zeppelin classic "Stairway to Heaven" enters the arena to face the challenge. Later: the prolific producer Daniel Lanois shares two of his latest projects, a discursive memoir and a new band that blends Jamaican dub, rock, blues and more.

A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.

A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.

Tell Me More focuses on the way we live, intersect and collide in a culturally diverse world. Capturing the headlines, issues and pleasures relevant to multicultural life in America, the daily one-hour series is hosted by award-winning journalist Michel Martin. Tell Me More marks Martin's first role in hosting a daily program. She views it as an opportunity to focus on the stories, experiences, ideas and people important in contemporary life but often not heard.

For this New Sounds, listen to some music with found sound.  We'll hear Steve Reich's City Life which uses conversation, sirens, boat horns, traffic, and in the final movement, some of the emergency response from the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1993.